How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 351 - 353: Too Vague_1

Li Qiao noticed Qin Jin’s perfunctory attitude and chose to shut her mouth, wash up, and go to bed.

On a clear and refreshing morning, she got ready early, and when she was about to leave, she noticed Yu Xiu’s outfit.

Cloth shoes, light trousers, and a single-layer jacket.

"Sister, that outfit won’t do. It’s cooler in the countryside with all the trees and the air, you’ll get cold. Those shoes aren’t suited for long walks, come here." Li Qiao pulled Yu Xiu inside and opened her wardrobe.

Yu Xiu clicked her tongue in wonder.

Such lovely clothes, Li Qiao actually had a wardrobe full of them.

It made sense since Qin Jin sold clothes and would surely dress Li Qiao in them. Good thing she was clever and stayed away from Cai Hechuan early on; if she had married into the Cai family, she wouldn’t just be lacking beautiful clothes—she might have been milked dry by them.

"These are all tracksuits, a bit thicker. Pick one to wear," Li Qiao generously offered.

Yu Xiu felt embarrassed. Eating and living at someone’s house was one thing, but wearing their clothes too? What would that look like? "No need, it’s not like I’m going to a matchmaking event. Why dress up so pretty?"

"It’s for warmth," Li Qiao replied, casually picking out a dark green tracksuit. "Wear this one, it’s flattering on you."

With the clothes presented before her, Yu Xiu stopped fussing and changed into them.

Li Qiao then found a pair of sports shoes.

After trying them on, Yu Xiu said, "They’re a bit big. I can just wear my own shoes, that’s fine."

"The path ahead is full of rocks and pebbles, cloth shoes will hurt your feet. You won’t be able to bear it after half a day of walking. I wear size 36 shoes and they’re still big on you? What size are you?"

"Size 35."

Li Qiao looked at her, not much shorter than herself. "Your height and your feet size don’t match at all." She dug out a pair of insoles. "Try stuffing these in?"

Yu Xiu did as suggested and walked a few steps in the shoes. "This works," she said.

Li Qiao smiled. "Then let’s go."

.....

The three had just left the alley and come onto the main road.

"Li Qiao."

It was Nan Chuyi.

Li Qiao turned around, and next to Nan Chuyi was Xue Lingqing, unexpecting not to go, right?

Xue Sufen followed suit, riding a brand-new lady’s bicycle.

She smiled and waved across the street.

As they approached, Li Qiao introduced Yu Xiu to everyone, and said to Xue Jingyi, "Xue, could you please look after my sister teacher?"

Xue Jingyi had been paying attention to the person beside Li Qiao since early morning—a woman in her early twenties, slim, with fair skin and delicate features.

Quite attractive.

He smiled and said, "Sure."

Yu Xiu expressed her thanks.

Xue Sufen assessed for a moment, "Where are you a sister teacher from? You’re not from our university, are you?"

Yu Xiu took the initiative to explain, "I went to the same high school as Li Qiao."

"A high school sister teacher, huh? Are you a university student?" Xue Sufen continued to inquire.

"I was recommended to a university," said Yu Xiu.

Xue Jingyi interjected, "Which university?"

Yu Xiu replied, "In the northwest, Jincheng Workers and Peasants University, though now it’s been renamed Jincheng University." She had majored in liberal arts, which was also the root reason why she was assigned to teach back in her hometown—aside from the exceptionally outstanding first place, other students without connections or the ability to navigate politics were mostly assigned to teach back home.

If she had studied sciences, even with slightly worse grades, she could have landed a better job.

Xue Jingyi was shocked, "I graduated from that university too, which session were you in?"

Yu Xiu was thrilled; this was such a fateful encounter. To meet an alumnus was quite something. She was more enthusiastic now, saying, "The class of ’78, I just graduated last year."

Xue Jingyi said, "I’m two sessions ahead of you....."

"...."

Jin cycled fast with Li Qiao sitting in front of him, unable to hear the discussion behind them.

Nan Chuyi urged Xue Lingqing to catch up with Qin Jin, "I have a question I want to ask Li Qiao."

Xue Lingqing was reluctant to chase; he hadn’t wanted to come today, but she insisted on calling him along. It wouldn’t be proper to keep neglecting her right after their marriage, so he came. He intentionally avoided Li Qiao, yet she dashed forward. He sighed softly, "Carrying you, I can’t peddle effectively."

"I only weigh a little over 90 pounds, and you can’t peddle? You’re too weak! You don’t have kidney problems, do you?"

Xue Lingqing: "......"

Sitting on the rear bike seat, Nan Chuyi stuck her head out and shouted ahead, "Li Qiao, can we climb the Great Wall first when we get there?"

Li Qiao also leaned forward, responding, "Sure."

"What about your stuff?"

Li Qiao: "It can be stored just like the bikes."

"....."

The group arrived at the base of the Great Wall, stored their belongings, and began climbing.

Xue Sufen had twisted her ankle climbing the Great Wall last time and didn’t want to climb this time, planning to wait for them at the bottom.

Xue Jingyi wouldn’t allow it, "I told you not to follow us, but you insisted. Now we are here to have fun, and you don’t want to participate. There are hardly any people around; how could we be at ease leaving you alone here? Hurry up." He reached out to drag her.

Xue Sufen’s wrist hurt from being pulled.

As Xue Lingqing also began criticizing her.

She had no choice but to move along. Halfway up, she was so tired she didn’t want to move and planned to rest against the city wall. As her back touched the wall, she realized something was wrong and immediately moved away from it, then pushed lightly on the wall, and it tilted backward.

She hurried away from it.

Her gaze swept around.

The three men were leading the way; she ran up to inform them of her discovery.

.....

Xue Jingyi, preoccupied with Yu Xiu, found an opportunity to inquire from Qin Jin, "Jin, how old is Qiaoqiao’s senior sister?" He had been too embarrassed to ask directly before, so he decided to question Qin Jin after getting onto the Great Wall. Qin Jin had been consistently persuading his uncle to invest in his newly taken-over shoe factory, promising a dividend by year’s end.

And even asked if he was interested in joining, the pitch Qin Jin made did sound very enticing.

But the amount Qin Jin demanded started in the tens of thousands.

He couldn’t afford it.

"Twenty-two or three, I guess, definitely not over twenty-five. Why, you fancy her?" Qin Jin smirked playfully.

Xue Jingyi chuckled, "So, does she have someone?"

"She was with someone before, but he turned out to be a bad character, she found out and dumped him."

"She’s had a relationship before?"

"Yes, and because of this matter, the guy’s family slandered her everywhere, ruining her reputation. But all my wife’s friends are good girls. So, if you’re going to pursue her, think it through carefully. Don’t mind that she’s been in a relationship after you’ve won her over," Qin Jin said.

Xue Jingyi cleared his throat, "Hmm."

From behind, Xue Sufen spoke up, "Hmm what? Big brother, how could you accept someone who’s been in a relationship? And that girl comes from a humble rural background, what prospects does a schoolteacher have? She’s from far away from our home; you can’t just think about dating her because she looks pretty."

Xue Lingqing’s expression turned sour.

A schoolteacher has no prospects? So in her eyes, he too had no prospects?

Xue Jingyi, his face rebuffed, was also displeased, "Adults are talking; kids shouldn’t interrupt."

Xue Sufen retorted, "You’re only a few years older than me, right? I’m warning you, you have to stop this. My sister-in-law..."

"Someone like Qiaoqiao?"

"Of course, she has to be more outstanding than Li Qiao."

Xue Jingyi: "....." He was being pushed to stay a bachelor, wasn’t he!

The usually silent Xue Lingqing couldn’t help but speak up, "Are you the one looking for a partner or is it your big brother? He might not like the ones you favor. The life he will be living, not you, including your parents and grandparents, none of you have the right to decide for Jingyi. Jingyi, when you get home, take good care of your household registration book." This was the first time he heard that a marriage certificate could be picked up by someone else.